In the News: For A Righteous Cause 2026

On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the Center released its fifth annual For a Righteous Cause Report. The report documents and analyzes some of the past year’s most important developments and initiatives to preserve Jewish heritage, teach about the Holocaust, and combat antisemitism and other forms of racism. It has been widely covered in the press in Israel and abroad, including feature-length articles in the Times of Israel and the Jerusalem Post that generated broad discussions on the reasons behind the rise of anti-Israel sentiment in Europe. Below are links to some of the coverage the report has received.

Times of Israel – Europe’s harshest Israel critics aren’t driven by Islamism or antisemitism, report suggests
The Jerusalem Post – It isn’t just antisemitism: What is really behind the rise of anti-Israel sentiment in Europe?
Times of Israel – What Holocaust remembrance is starting to forget
JNS – Study: Rescuers of Jews top focus of Holocaust commemoration
YnetNews – Holocaust remembrance shifts toward rescuers, raising concern over how history is being framed
i24News – Global museums celebrate those who saved Jews during the Holocaust
Maariv – The world is changing the way it remembers the Holocaust – and the results are surprising [Hebrew]
ILTV Israel News – Holocaust Remembrance: Are We Ignoring the Warning Signs Again?
Cleveland Jewish News – Study: Rescuers of Jews top focus of Holocaust commemoration
The Jewish Edition – Holocaust Commemoration Shifts Focus to Rescuers of Jews
The Media Line – TAU Report Finds Global Holocaust Commemoration Shifting Toward Stories of Rescuers
HaGalil – „Für eine gerechte Sache“
Evangelische Zeitung – Studie: Fokus auf Retter von Juden in Erinnerungskultur
Haolam-news.com – Holocaust-Gedenken im Wandel: Wie Europa beginnt, sich selbst zu entlasten
Israel.com – Holocaust Museums Over-Emphasizing Heroes Risk Distorting History, Experts Warn
israelnews.so – Matxafyada Holocaust-ka oo Xad-dhaaf u Buunbuuniyaan Geesiyaasha Waxay Halis U Tahay Inay Taariikhda Beddelaan, Khubarro ayaa Ka Digtay
United With Israel – Holocaust Memorials Increasingly Focus on Righteous Gentiles, Study Finds
Arutz7 – This is how the Righteous Among the Nations are commemorated [Hebrew]
Tel Aviv University – Holocaust Memory Today: A Troubling Focus on the Righteous
AFTAU – TAU publishes fifth annual “For a Righteous Cause” report